"Biggest evacuation in German postwar history"

[mariomike]

"Half a German city evacuated after two-ton 'Blockbuster' RAF bomb is found at the bottom of the Rhine":
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2068917/German-city-Koblenz-half-evacuated-Blockbuster-RAF-bomb-Rhine.html

"They typically weighed either 4,000, 8000 or 12,000lbs and usually contained 50 per cent explosive by weight."

 

[tomahawk6]

Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l28Lvh7E6q8&feature

 

[mariomike]

"...the authorities are evacuating 45,000 of Koblenz’s 120,000 population..."

Certainly a large evacuation.
Perhaps of interest to some, as far as evacuations closer to home go for comparison:
The biggest evacuation in Canadian history was Mississauga in 1979. 218,000 persons were evacuated, including six nursing homes, and three hospitals.  It could have been a lot worse.
This was the last major explosion in the Greater Toronto Area until the Sunrise Propane blast in 2008.

 

[wildman0101]

WOW. A Blockbuster was used as a Dam Buster... Flood thing's out sorta. BIG ,,,
BIG ,,, Bomb... NASTY... Hope they were able to dispose of it... Scoty B

 

[mariomike]

A Blockbuster was used as a Dam Buster...

They used  "bouncing bombs":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouncing_bomb

The Blockbuster was different:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockbuster_bomb

( In factory, minus tail unit. )

 

[wildman0101]

Of course  :facepalm: bouncin betty's DuH on my part....
Dam Buster's sorta bounced of the water and blew up the
dam sorta same way... BOOM,,,Splash right... Right.
LOL Scoty B

 

[larry Strong]

Of course  :facepalm: bouncin betty's DuH on my part....
Dam Buster's sorta bounced of the water and blew up the
dam sorta same way... BOOM,,,Splash right... Right.
LOL Scoty B

Ummm no...."Bouncing Betty's" was the nickname given the German S mine of WW2 fame

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-mine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfbhcqrKtno

 

[wildman0101]

I  stand corrected...Re: bouncin betty's... 
Cheer's,,, Scoty B